Improved curtain-fixture



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.J

JAOOB B. BAILEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcoB B. BAILEY, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new und usefulImprovement in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the followingto bc a full, clear, and eXact description of the said invention,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecification, wherein- Figure lis a section longitudinally of thecurtain-roller, showing the two ends of said roller. Fig. 2 is an endview ot' the wooden roller. Fig. 3 shows the bracket at the cord end ofthe roller, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the cord-roller.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Spools have heretofore been made for the rollers of window-curtains inwhich the spool is held to place at the end of the roller by spursprojecting inward and by the pin forming the axis, or by nails, asusual. In this case the spool did not have a groove adapted to thereception of an endless cord, and there was not an openil'lg through itfor the reception of the roller.

The nature of my said invention consists in a ring-shaped cord-pulleyhaving a grooved periphery for the reception of the endless cord, andteeth Within the ring that penetrate the surface ofthe wooden rollerthat passes through said ring into a semicircular shoe forming thebracket, and I obtain friction to prevent the roller turning from theweight of the curtain by slitting the roller longitudinally near the endand entering said end within a rin g-bracket that is slightly smallerthan the roller, so that the said roller will be contracted as forcedinto the ring, the slitting allowing of this and the spring of the woodcausing friction.

In the drawings, a a represent portions of the window-casing. b is thewooden roller, the end of which is slitted at c c, to form springingends that are compressed into the ringbracket d secured upon the casing;and said device affords a friction to prevent the weight of the curtaincausing the roller to turn.

The cord-ring e is made with a grooved periphery for an endless cord, f,and the hole through this cord-ring is of a size to fit the roiler b,and teeth i i, projecting inward, enter the sides of the wooden rolleras that is forced through the cord-ring, and said teeth hold thecord-rin g securely in place.

h is a semicircular shoe or bracket receiving the end of thecurtain-roller b near the cordring e.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The cord-ring e, formed with a groove around its periphery for anendless cord, an opening through it for the curtain-roller to passentirely through to its bearing, and with teeth to penetrate saidroller, as and for the purposes set forth. Y

2. The combination of the selnicircular shoe or bracket 7L with thecord-ring e and roller b, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The friction-spring for the curtain-roller, formed by slitting theends of the said roller and introducing it within a ring or bracket, asset forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 4th day of May,A. D. 1866.

J. B. BAILEY.

Witnesses GEO. D. WALKER CHAs. H. SMITH.

